Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 655 397 784
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 10.42% 13.50% 12.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.93% 49.01% 46.14%
Number of salaries quoted 284 298 708
10th Percentile £24,300 £26,250 £29,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,400 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.93% -9.23%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,491 810 1,699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 23.72% 27.54% 27.51%
Number of salaries quoted 760 590 1,459
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,688 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,143
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +0.76% -10.20%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £75,150
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex +3 162 £55,000 +22.22% 21
Cambridgeshire -1 144 £60,100 +20.20% 26
Hertfordshire -6 130 £60,000 +9.09% 55
Suffolk +34 102 £42,500 -15.00% 14
Norfolk +2 87 £60,000 +84.43% 27
Bedfordshire +3 28 £22,750 -57.08% 22
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 65 (9.92%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.22%) WordPress
5 5 (0.76%) CMS
6 2 (0.31%) Luigi
6 2 (0.31%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 85 (12.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.92%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.37%) Dynamics AX
1 9 (1.37%) Dynamics GP
2 7 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.31%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 146 (22.29%) Power Platform
2 131 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 121 (18.47%) Azure AI
4 82 (12.52%) AWS
5 81 (12.37%) Entra ID
6 40 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (6.11%) PowerApps
7 37 (5.65%) Power Automate
8 35 (5.34%) OneDrive
9 34 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 34 (5.19%) Azure Logic Apps
10 24 (3.66%) GCP
11 21 (3.21%) GitHub
12 19 (2.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 18 (2.75%) SaaS
14 17 (2.60%) IaaS
15 12 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.68%) Azure AKS
16 11 (1.68%) Snowflake
17 10 (1.53%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 56 (8.55%) Firewall
2 26 (3.97%) DNS
2 26 (3.97%) VPN
3 15 (2.29%) DHCP
4 14 (2.14%) WAN
5 13 (1.98%) Internet
6 12 (1.83%) TCP/IP
7 10 (1.53%) LAN
8 8 (1.22%) Wireless
9 7 (1.07%) Broadband
9 7 (1.07%) Network Security
10 6 (0.92%) DMZ
10 6 (0.92%) VoIP
11 4 (0.61%) VLAN
11 4 (0.61%) WLAN
12 3 (0.46%) SSL
13 2 (0.31%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
14 1 (0.15%) Cisco Wireless
14 1 (0.15%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (20.15%) Power BI
2 88 (13.44%) Tableau
3 61 (9.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.82%) MongoDB
5 23 (3.51%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.98%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (1.22%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.92%) Looker
10 6 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.76%) MySQL
12 3 (0.46%) Big Data
12 3 (0.46%) Metadata
13 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.31%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (1.98%) Git
2 8 (1.22%) JIRA
3 7 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.92%) MLflow
5 2 (0.31%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 382 (58.32%) Social Skills
2 71 (10.84%) Finance
3 26 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (3.97%) Law
4 14 (2.14%) Public Sector
5 12 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (1.68%) Legal
7 10 (1.53%) Marketing
8 9 (1.37%) Multimedia
9 8 (1.22%) Retail
10 6 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.76%) Advertising
11 5 (0.76%) Publishing
12 4 (0.61%) Banking
12 4 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.46%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.31%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.31%) Games
Job Titles
1 179 (27.33%) Analyst
2 162 (24.73%) Junior
3 160 (24.43%) Junior Analyst
4 92 (14.05%) Developer
5 82 (12.52%) Security Analyst
6 80 (12.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 80 (12.21%) Data Analyst
6 80 (12.21%) Junior Data Analyst
6 80 (12.21%) Junior Security Analyst
7 70 (10.69%) IT Support
8 60 (9.16%) Ethical Hacker
9 48 (7.33%) Senior
10 39 (5.95%) Azure Engineer
11 37 (5.65%) IT Engineer
12 34 (5.19%) Support Engineer
13 33 (5.04%) Network Engineer
14 32 (4.89%) Lead
15 31 (4.73%) .NET Developer
16 29 (4.43%) Software Developer
17 27 (4.12%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.47%) CSS
2 58 (8.85%) .NET
3 54 (8.24%) HTML
4 50 (7.63%) .NET Core
5 31 (4.73%) ASP.NET
6 30 (4.58%) ASP.NET Core
7 22 (3.36%) HTML5 Canvas
7 22 (3.36%) JSON
8 19 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (2.90%) React
8 19 (2.90%) SPFx
9 17 (2.60%) REST
10 15 (2.29%) ML.NET
10 15 (2.29%) Node.js
10 15 (2.29%) RESTful
11 13 (1.98%) Entity Framework
12 10 (1.53%) Blazor
12 10 (1.53%) jQuery
13 9 (1.37%) SOAP
14 8 (1.22%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.16%) Cyberattack
2 33 (5.04%) Cloud Native
3 17 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 13 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (1.83%) Security Posture
5 12 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.68%) Driving Licence
6 11 (1.68%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.22%) Clustering
8 7 (1.07%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.07%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.07%) PKI
8 7 (1.07%) Robotics
9 6 (0.92%) Blog
9 6 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (0.92%) Data Structures
9 6 (0.92%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 86 (13.13%) Windows
2 53 (8.09%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (1.68%) Android
4 11 (1.68%) Linux
4 11 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.22%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.76%) VMS
8 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (32.52%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (26.11%) AI
3 134 (20.46%) Business Intelligence
4 128 (19.54%) Mentoring
5 83 (12.67%) Agile
6 65 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (9.77%) DevOps
8 60 (9.16%) Ethical Hacking
9 55 (8.40%) CI/CD
10 51 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (7.18%) Machine Learning
12 37 (5.65%) Computer Science
12 37 (5.65%) Roadmaps
13 35 (5.34%) Full-Stack Development
14 33 (5.04%) Analytics
14 33 (5.04%) Project Management
15 32 (4.89%) Technical Leadership
16 30 (4.58%) Stakeholder Management
16 30 (4.58%) User Experience
17 28 (4.27%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 195 (29.77%) SQL
2 153 (23.36%) Python
3 93 (14.20%) C#
4 54 (8.24%) JavaScript
5 45 (6.87%) PowerShell
6 27 (4.12%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.66%) PHP
8 12 (1.83%) Java
9 9 (1.37%) C++
10 8 (1.22%) R
11 6 (0.92%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.61%) Bash
13 2 (0.31%) Bicep
13 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.31%) Scala
14 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 295 (45.04%) Azure Certification
2 83 (12.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 81 (12.37%) CompTIA CySA+
4 60 (9.16%) CEH
5 59 (9.01%) Degree
6 39 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 39 (5.95%) Security Cleared
7 37 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (4.89%) CCNA
9 28 (4.27%) Network+ Certification
10 27 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (3.51%) SC Cleared
12 16 (2.44%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 9 (1.37%) DV Cleared
14 7 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.92%) CISSP
15 6 (0.92%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.76%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.05%) GDPR
2 18 (2.75%) QA
3 14 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.98%) SLA
5 12 (1.83%) GRC
5 12 (1.83%) NIST
6 11 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.22%) NCSC
8 7 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.07%) JSP 440
8 7 (1.07%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.46%) PMO
11 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.15%) IFRS
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 89 (13.59%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.53%) Docker
6 7 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.92%) vSphere
8 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 34 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (3.05%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.44%) Terraform
4 6 (0.92%) Ansible
5 4 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.61%) SolarWinds Orion
5 4 (0.61%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Nessus
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 466 (71.15%) Microsoft
2 164 (25.04%) ForeScout
3 36 (5.50%) Cisco
4 23 (3.51%) VMware
5 19 (2.90%) Adobe
6 18 (2.75%) Databricks
7 17 (2.60%) Apple
8 12 (1.83%) Google
9 11 (1.68%) SAP
9 11 (1.68%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.37%) Epicor
10 9 (1.37%) SolarWinds
10 9 (1.37%) Veeam
11 8 (1.22%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.07%) Aruba
13 6 (0.92%) Cloudera
13 6 (0.92%) Dell
13 6 (0.92%) Meraki
13 6 (0.92%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.92%) Salesforce